Proposed increase in Medicare tax
The White House released a preview of President Biden’s budget proposal in which he is proposing to raise tax rates
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Legislative Update
Accessing new toxic exposure health care and benefits
(Source – news.va.gov) You may have heard about the new PACT Act that impacts millions of Veterans. This law allows
Read MoreHow North Carolina’s Medicaid expansion plan would change its certificate of need law
By Andrew Cass for Becker’s Hospital Review on March 3, 2023 North Carolina House and Senate leaders have agreed on a Medicaid
Read MoreSocial Security, Medicare clash comes down to what constitutes a ‘cut’
By Mike Lillis for The Hill on 3/6/2023 The coming battles over the nation’s safety-net programs are beginning with an
Read MoreFDA has new leverage over companies looking for a quicker drug approval
(By Sydney Lupkin for NPR) The huge spending bill that became law last December also included fixes to a problem
Read MoreThe radical proposal to let Medicare and Social Security lapse, explained
By Dylan Scott on February 16, 2023 for Vox Sen. Rick Scott wants every government program — even entitlements —
Read More‘We Ain’t Gonna Get It’: Why Bernie Sanders Says His ‘Medicare for All’ Dream Must Wait
By Arthur Allen for Kaiser Health News on February 8, 2023 After railing at the injustices of U.S. health care
Read MoreMedicare announces plan to recoup billions from drug companies
(Leslie Walker and Dan Gorenstein for NPR) Medicare’s historic plan to slow prescription drug spending is taking shape. Thursday federal
Read MoreCOVID test kits, treatments and vaccines won’t be free to many consumers much longer
(By Julie Appleby for NPR) Time is running out for free-to-consumer COVID-19 vaccines, at-home test kits and even some treatments.
Read MoreSenators probe telehealth companies for tracking and monetizing sensitive health data
(By John Wilkerson for STAT) A bipartisan group of senators fiercely criticized several prominent telehealth startups for failing to protect
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